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American Doctor American Doctor
American Doctor and Nuisance Bear
American Doctor (Country: US, Palestinian Territory, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Poh Si Teng)
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
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Birds Of War (Country: United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon; Year: 2026; Director: Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak)
The love story of a London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman as told through 13 years of personal archives across revolutions, war, and exile.
Dear Ancestor (Country: Reunion, Madagascar; Year: 2026; Director: Nantenaina Lova; Writer: Nantenaina Lova)
2067. A mother tells her daughter about her ancestor’s struggle against a large-scale rare earth mining project in Madagascar, and the resistance against it.
Melt (Country: Austria; Year: 2025; Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter)
Documentary captures the beauty of Earth’s frozen landscapes and the people living among them.
Nuisance Bear (Country: US, Canada, United Kingdom; Year: 2026; Director: Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman)
A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.
Full Review See: Jack Weisman and Gabriel Osio Vanden on working together and making naivety work for them in Nuisance Bear
, Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman on balance and perspectives in Nuisance Bear
To Hold A Mountain To Hold A Mountain
To Hold A Mountain and Birds Of War
Replica (Country: Australia, France; Year: 2026; Director: Chouwa Liang)
Documentary following Chinese women who are dating chatbots.
To Hold A Mountain (Country: Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić; Stars: Mileva Gara Jovanović, Nada Stanišić)
In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
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